Reading Survey for Students
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Yeshua
Jul 10, 2011, 8:38:15 PM7/10/11
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Hello all,
If you did not quite know my action research plan, I plan on giving
a literacy development survey to my students. I want to see if there
are correlations about experiences with literacy as a child and how
they are as readers and writers today. Based on the survey, I plan on
making literacy learning goals with each student with a quick
conference and partnering. Then with the learning goals, students will
add evidence into a hanging folder as they meet their goals. It is
like a modified student portfolio but can become as big or small as
the student wants it to be.
Long story short, I have attached below some sample survey
questions I came up with. I wanted to have you read it over and give
me feedback please! I want the questions to be clear and meaningful!
Thanks!
Appendix C
DRAFT – Student Literacy
Development Survey
Name: __________________________________________ Date:
_________________________
1. Were you read to as a child? (Read to before you could read, read
to at night before bed, etc…)
2. If you answered yes to question one, what were some picture books
you remember being read?
3. How did you learn to read? (Briefly describe how you learned how to
read if you remember!)
4. In general, how do you feel about reading? What does the word
“reading” mean to you?
5. Based on your answer to question four, explain why you do or do not
like reading.
6. How much time a day do you spend reading? (List given: up to 10
minutes, up to 30 minutes, up to an hour, another amount)
7. What types of books or genres do you like to read? (List given with
different types.)
8. What hobbies do you have? (What do you like to do in your free
time?)
9. When it comes to reading, what is something you would like to work
on?
10. In general, how do you feel about writing?
11. When given the chance to write, what type of writing do you enjoy?
(List given: free writing, poetry, story telling, reports, procedure
pieces, etc…)
12. As a writer, what do you think is your biggest strength? Explain
your answer. (Creativity, organization, grammar, voice, etc…)
13. When it comes to writing, what do you think you need help with
from your teacher? (Types of writing, audience, voice, structure,
grammar, etc…)
14. In your free time, do you ever write?
15. Do you have any additional comments that you would like your
teachers to know about reading and writing and you?
If you did not quite know my action research plan, I plan on giving
a literacy development survey to my students. I want to see if there
are correlations about experiences with literacy as a child and how
they are as readers and writers today. Based on the survey, I plan on
making literacy learning goals with each student with a quick
conference and partnering. Then with the learning goals, students will
add evidence into a hanging folder as they meet their goals. It is
like a modified student portfolio but can become as big or small as
the student wants it to be.
Long story short, I have attached below some sample survey
questions I came up with. I wanted to have you read it over and give
me feedback please! I want the questions to be clear and meaningful!
Thanks!
Appendix C
DRAFT – Student Literacy
Development Survey
Name: __________________________________________ Date:
_________________________
1. Were you read to as a child? (Read to before you could read, read
to at night before bed, etc…)
2. If you answered yes to question one, what were some picture books
you remember being read?
3. How did you learn to read? (Briefly describe how you learned how to
read if you remember!)
4. In general, how do you feel about reading? What does the word
“reading” mean to you?
5. Based on your answer to question four, explain why you do or do not
like reading.
6. How much time a day do you spend reading? (List given: up to 10
minutes, up to 30 minutes, up to an hour, another amount)
7. What types of books or genres do you like to read? (List given with
different types.)
8. What hobbies do you have? (What do you like to do in your free
time?)
9. When it comes to reading, what is something you would like to work
on?
10. In general, how do you feel about writing?
11. When given the chance to write, what type of writing do you enjoy?
(List given: free writing, poetry, story telling, reports, procedure
pieces, etc…)
12. As a writer, what do you think is your biggest strength? Explain
your answer. (Creativity, organization, grammar, voice, etc…)
13. When it comes to writing, what do you think you need help with
from your teacher? (Types of writing, audience, voice, structure,
grammar, etc…)
14. In your free time, do you ever write?
15. Do you have any additional comments that you would like your
teachers to know about reading and writing and you?
Adrienne
Jul 10, 2011, 9:11:17 PM7/10/11
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This looks really good, Yeshua. I am planning to do a very similar
project. I was originally going to focus on Running Records, but I
have since decided to use it as a tool to help students with learning
goals instead. I am going to have my students set some reading and
writing goals. I am having trouble figuring out what data I will be
able to track with this. What do you plan to track? Will you just
generally show how each student was able to work towards and meet the
goals they set or are you also going to test anything overall with
your students?
Thanks!
Adrienne
project. I was originally going to focus on Running Records, but I
have since decided to use it as a tool to help students with learning
goals instead. I am going to have my students set some reading and
writing goals. I am having trouble figuring out what data I will be
able to track with this. What do you plan to track? Will you just
generally show how each student was able to work towards and meet the
goals they set or are you also going to test anything overall with
your students?
Thanks!
Adrienne
Rebecca Sweeney
Jul 11, 2011, 7:29:03 AM7/11/11
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Yeshua-
First of all, thanks for being a real team player in both our strand
and our TA.
Someday you will appreciate your youthful appearance!
Anyway- have you considered making some of this questionnaire multiple
choice?
Some of the questions would work, (1, 6, 11, 12, 13), but some are
definitely short answer.
#14 is a simple yes/no so you might want to rethink that one.
Would you want to make it two parts? One for reading and one for
writing?
I know that my students glaze over if it is more than one page or more
than 10 questions.
Rebecca
First of all, thanks for being a real team player in both our strand
and our TA.
Someday you will appreciate your youthful appearance!
Anyway- have you considered making some of this questionnaire multiple
choice?
Some of the questions would work, (1, 6, 11, 12, 13), but some are
definitely short answer.
#14 is a simple yes/no so you might want to rethink that one.
Would you want to make it two parts? One for reading and one for
writing?
I know that my students glaze over if it is more than one page or more
than 10 questions.
Rebecca
Pat Megivern
Jul 11, 2011, 9:39:56 AM7/11/11
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Yeshua,
You have some excellent questions, and I believe the information you
get will be valuable. Here are a few thoughts I hope will help as you
refine things:
When I am trying to find a good book for a specific student, the
question I ask is "what have you read recently and liked?" This works
because it gets at level as well as genre and subject matter
interest. (also, length, which is a big issue for some!). I'm
thinking if you ask what they read "recently", "over the summer", or
"last year" you might get some good information.
I wonder if some of your students might by stymied by the idea of
setting a reading goal or identifying a writing strength. You could
think about offering general ideas before they start thinking and
writing on their own. I also wonder if some turn-and-talk activities
prior to putting pencil to paper would get your more thoughtful
answers. (Personally, I'm a reading-and-writing learner, but could
draw a blank on some of these without some think time.)
Thinking about the students who find reading and writing challenging,
and find blank papers and pages of dense text intimidating, are there
things you could do to ensure greater accuracy in their answers?
Divide your inventory into a few short questions-of-the-day and spread
it over a week of 5-minute activities, present some as a graphic
organizer, do multiple choice questions with clickers, try survey
monkey or google forms.....
Best,
Pat
P.S. When I was your age, store clerks asked if I was using my
mother's credit card, and was that OK with her!
You have some excellent questions, and I believe the information you
get will be valuable. Here are a few thoughts I hope will help as you
refine things:
When I am trying to find a good book for a specific student, the
question I ask is "what have you read recently and liked?" This works
because it gets at level as well as genre and subject matter
interest. (also, length, which is a big issue for some!). I'm
thinking if you ask what they read "recently", "over the summer", or
"last year" you might get some good information.
I wonder if some of your students might by stymied by the idea of
setting a reading goal or identifying a writing strength. You could
think about offering general ideas before they start thinking and
writing on their own. I also wonder if some turn-and-talk activities
prior to putting pencil to paper would get your more thoughtful
answers. (Personally, I'm a reading-and-writing learner, but could
draw a blank on some of these without some think time.)
Thinking about the students who find reading and writing challenging,
and find blank papers and pages of dense text intimidating, are there
things you could do to ensure greater accuracy in their answers?
Divide your inventory into a few short questions-of-the-day and spread
it over a week of 5-minute activities, present some as a graphic
organizer, do multiple choice questions with clickers, try survey
monkey or google forms.....
Best,
Pat
P.S. When I was your age, store clerks asked if I was using my
mother's credit card, and was that OK with her!
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Jul 11, 2011, 6:12:27 PM7/11/11
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Yeshua,
I really liked your survey. I am doing my math timeline (numeracy
timeline) to find out about my students in regards to math. I too
want to know when they learned certain things, etc. It is a great
survey, simple, to the point, easy for them to understand, brief
enough for them to be willing to complete. Nice job!
I really liked your survey. I am doing my math timeline (numeracy
timeline) to find out about my students in regards to math. I too
want to know when they learned certain things, etc. It is a great
survey, simple, to the point, easy for them to understand, brief
enough for them to be willing to complete. Nice job!
Amy Johnson
Jul 11, 2011, 10:24:05 PM7/11/11
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Yeshua,
I like your list of questions. They seem like they would be very
clear to students. I like the idea of students being involved in
choosing the areas that they feel they need the most work in.
I like your list of questions. They seem like they would be very
clear to students. I like the idea of students being involved in
choosing the areas that they feel they need the most work in.
Yeshua
Jul 12, 2011, 10:34:23 AM7/12/11
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Hello,
Great question! This information is not necessarily trying to
track certain data, but what events in their youth impacted their
reading and writing ability today. You are correct that I will then
use some information to help make learning goals, but creating and
tracking the learning goals is the bulk of my action research! thanks
for the feedback!
Great question! This information is not necessarily trying to
track certain data, but what events in their youth impacted their
reading and writing ability today. You are correct that I will then
use some information to help make learning goals, but creating and
tracking the learning goals is the bulk of my action research! thanks
for the feedback!
Yeshua
Jul 12, 2011, 10:35:26 AM7/12/11
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Great thinking Rebecca!
I do plan on cutting it in half, I should have said that!
Fifteen questions would overwhelm my students as well! Thank you for
the kind words, it was a pleasure getting to know you as well! We had
some great conversation!
I do plan on cutting it in half, I should have said that!
Fifteen questions would overwhelm my students as well! Thank you for
the kind words, it was a pleasure getting to know you as well! We had
some great conversation!
Yeshua
Jul 12, 2011, 10:38:14 AM7/12/11
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Hello Pat,
Thank you for the great feedback! You gave me a lot of useful
things to consider. I actually do not plan on doing any work before
hand, but I am considering it now. I do want honest answers, but I
know I am going to get students who do not know some of these answers
and do not care. I do plan on doing it the first week of school, so
they should be able to focus since they do not have a lot of others
things going on the first three days. I think it will help as a google
survey. For some students this will be there first one and its online.
So it will feel more confidential and they work at their own pace!
thanks again!
Thank you for the great feedback! You gave me a lot of useful
things to consider. I actually do not plan on doing any work before
hand, but I am considering it now. I do want honest answers, but I
know I am going to get students who do not know some of these answers
and do not care. I do plan on doing it the first week of school, so
they should be able to focus since they do not have a lot of others
things going on the first three days. I think it will help as a google
survey. For some students this will be there first one and its online.
So it will feel more confidential and they work at their own pace!
thanks again!
Yeshua
Jul 12, 2011, 10:38:43 AM7/12/11
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Thank you Amy for the feedback!
Katy Hamilton
Jul 14, 2011, 7:47:49 PM7/14/11
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Yeshua,
I really like this survey! I think you ask a lot of great questions
and I think the lists of examples will really help students brainstorm
some answers (and maybe remind them of a few they hadn't thought of).
One thing I might ask too is what they consider reading to be. For
example, do they count sitting down with a school book the only type
of reading or also comic books/graphic novels, reading blogs on the
internet, reading for pleasure, etc. This might help give you an idea
of their literacy and even interests beyond just a "typical" or
academic view of reading. But again, it looks great!
Katy Hamilton
I really like this survey! I think you ask a lot of great questions
and I think the lists of examples will really help students brainstorm
some answers (and maybe remind them of a few they hadn't thought of).
One thing I might ask too is what they consider reading to be. For
example, do they count sitting down with a school book the only type
of reading or also comic books/graphic novels, reading blogs on the
internet, reading for pleasure, etc. This might help give you an idea
of their literacy and even interests beyond just a "typical" or
academic view of reading. But again, it looks great!
Katy Hamilton
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